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IRON AND SILK

Watch the movie Iron and Silk on the SYSU intranet.

China is always changing but China never changes.

Front Stage culture changes rapidly.  Back Stage cultures changes at a snail’s pace.

Identify the changes in TEFL since Mark Salzman taught in China and identify those things that have not changed.

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What Students are Saying

STUDENTS OF HOLISTIC ENGLISH ARE WELCOME TO POST AFTER YOUR FINAL EXAM IS FINISHED AND NOT BEFORE.

Xinyang Agricultural College

“Our new spoken classroom at the school 2-302. It’s different from other classroom. New Oral indeed different from the previous classroom, very English atmosphere. We like it.” Venus Class: 06-business 1 NO: 067013119

“First I am very appreciate [...]

Christmas in China

MERRY CHRISTMAS

December 25, 2009

THE REAL STORY OF CHRISTMAS

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm

Jesus is a Jew and if you wish to know more about Jewish Culture and history, the SYSU intranet has the following movies:  http://engedu.sysu.edu.cn/graduate/film.asp?typeid=12

The Ten Commandments

Ben Hur

The King of [...]

White Monkeys

QUALIFIED TEACHERS, BACKPACKERS, WHITE MONKEYS
THE DISINTEGRATION PROCESS

In 1978, when China first opened its door to the outside world, China recruited high quality foreign teachers like Mark Salzman, a Yale University graduate, to teach English as a foreign language (EFL) at the university level.

As China expanded the English curriculum to middle schools, the demand for foreign [...]

60 AGE LIMIT

November 3, 2010 UPDATE:

WANTED: Retired Foreign Teachers Age 60 – 65 for September 2011 (Apply now)

Zhejiang SciTech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

International Office: Fanny ZSTU <fanny.gf@163.com>

June 26, 2010

There is great confusion amongst foreigners about the Chinese age limitation of 60 for foreign teachers to receive a Foreign Expert Certificate  (FEC), a legal prerequisite to employment in [...]

Wannabe China Teacher?

UPDATE July 25, 2010

Foreign English teachers who want to teach in a Chinese University, now is the time to send electronic resumes.

University Foreign Affairs Offices that are understaffed and overburdened are just now finishing repatriation of last year’s foreign teachers. Now they have time to recruit foreign teachers for September 2010. Of course these are [...]

GOALS

Holistic English Goals

In the Holistic English Program we do NOT teach English language or English culture.

We facilitate English communication at whatever level the students find themselves capable. There is no individual mandatory accomplishment level to be obtained. In other words, the academic pressure is completely off.

The goals of Holistic English, in their order of priority [...]

Law Movies

LAW

Inherit The Wind

12 Angry Men

Erin Brockovitch

Enron

Disclosure

Life and Debt

McLibel

The Corporation

North Country

The Firm

The Insider

Paper Chase

Working Girl

Marketing Movies

MARKETING

Rainmaker

Thank You For Not Smoking

The Constant Gardner

Wal Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

McLibel

Jerry Maguire (sports marketing)

Ted Koppel documentary on China-US trade

Thank You For Smoking

LISTENING?

 
THE STUDENTS HAVE SPOKEN
BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING?

Chinese teachers, teaching English as a foreign language, to Chinese students, in Chinese, in China; supplemented by young and inexperienced foreign white monkeys who play the guitar and teach songs and games, while experienced native English teachers over 60 years of age are routinely rejected by National [...]